Chronic gingivitis
Non-billable header
K05.1 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Desquamative gingivitis (chronic)
- Gingivitis (chronic) NOS
- Hyperplastic gingivitis (chronic)
- Pregnancy associated gingivitis
- Simple marginal gingivitis (chronic)
- Ulcerative gingivitis (chronic)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K05)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K05)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K05)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K05)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K05)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K05)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K05)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K05)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
- , if applicable, diseases of the digestive system complicating pregnancy (O99.61-)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify: (from K05)
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-) (from K05)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from K05)
- exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period (P96.81) (from K05)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from K05)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from K05)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from K05)
- tobacco use (Z72.0) (from K05)
Also known as
- Desquamative gingivitis (chronic)
- Gingivitis (chronic) NOS
- Hyperplastic gingivitis (chronic)
- Pregnancy associated gingivitis
- Simple marginal gingivitis (chronic)
- Ulcerative gingivitis (chronic)